Opening your life to God’s Word on a consistent basis over a long period of time will slowly but surely begin to shape your thoughts, perspective, attitudes, and actions. You will start out just reading God’s Word and it will eventually begin to read you! God’s truth will challenge you and help you to see as God sees! Watch how God’s perspective will begin to influence you in ways you never imagined! Stick with the plan! Open your heart to God and He will transform you from the inside out!
In His Love,
Pastor Jerry
I set out during the night with a few others. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no mounts with me except the one I was riding on. By night I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal[a] Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire. Nehemiah 2: 12-13
Upon finding out about the broken down walls of Jerusalem, God burdened the heart of Nehemiah with a passion and a vision of rebuilding those walls. Upon arriving in Jerusalem, one of Nehemiah’s first steps was to travel through God’s place of calling and mission and begin to assess the condition of the wall and what it would take to rebuild it. I think in that night journey around Jerusalem, Nehemiah had time alone that God might not only help him prepare his mind for what he needed to do but also prepare his heart for “why” he needed to do it.
Today, prayer walk through your neighborhood or community. If you have been a Christ follower for very long, there is a tendency for us to isolate ourselves behind Christian fellowship and the four walls of a church building. Many of us need to re-acquaint ourselves with our mission field. Our ultimate destination is not to “stay” but to “go” into all the world. This begins in the real places where we live and work….places filled with people who are far from God. We are so busy with our church stuff that some of us don’t even know our neighbors or the desperate needs in our community. Today, walk through your neighborhood or community. Begin to pray for a greater awareness of the brokenness and hurt in your neighborhood. Begin to pray for the elderly lady who walks her dog a hundred times a day out of shear boredom and loneliness. Begin to pray that God would give you a heart for the gay couple who lives across the street or the guy who seems to always tick off the rest of the neighborhood. How might God open a door for you to have a greater witness? Write down your specific prayers for neighbors.
Prayer Focus: Beach Missions and Partners here and around the world.
Beach United Methodist Church
325 7th Avenue North
Jacksonville Beach, Florida, 32250
904.249.2343